Event: Workshop on Biodynamic Farming, Dairy and Fodder Management Systems Date: 12th-18th January 2014. Presided by Peter Proctor (www.organichutbkk.com). Attached is the workshop details and registration forms. In case you need any further information please feel free to connect back to Ravi (marked in copy) or me. Kindly also forward to any and all who […]
Saturday, November 23, 2013 Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Balangir: The International Family Farm day “SANKALPA” was celebrated by RCDC, Balangir in collaboration with Millet Network India and Decan Development Society in the Bandhapada Gram Panchayat premises. 82 participants like Family and small scaled farmers (female and male farmers), FSC and SHG members and their […]
Shenoy Karun, TNN Nov 22, 2013, 03.47AM IST KOCHI: Organic farming of rubber is slowly gaining traction in the state as an alternative to traditional methods using chemical fertilizers, said experts in this field. However, the spread of this method is much unorganized as individuals, rather than farmer groups, are implementing it driven by the […]
New Delhi, November 23, 2013 Puja Mehra At a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Commerce & Industry Minister Anand Sharma it was agreed on Friday that India cannot agree to the Peace Clause for agriculture subsidies that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo has proposed for Bali. In no situation can […]
NEW DELHI, November 23, 2013 Gargi Parsai Kisan Sabha, Third World Network oppose “peace clause” Even as the All-India Kisan Sabha and the Third World Network urged India not to agree to a “peace clause” in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on subsidies for public stock holding for food security, the Commerce Ministry on […]
Amaninder Pal Sharma, TNN | Nov 22, 2013, 05.35 AM IST PATIALA: A new study has revealed that over 34% of marginal farmers in Punjab are still living below poverty line, denting the tall claims of SAD-BJP government on uplift of the farmers, who are considered the traditional vote bank of the over nine-decade-old Shiromani […]
Organisers: DDS and MINI Date: November 22, 2013 Venue: Pastapur village. Would you or any other members of NAPM be willing to join us in this in solidarity?
ET Bureau Nov 12, 2013 Due to the buying spree in rural land, how much farmland has India lost? According to the ministry of agriculture, almost none. It says India lost 16,000 sq km, or 0.8% of her gross cropped area, in the 10-year period to 2010-11. The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), in fact, […]
TNN | Nov 12, 2013 KANNUR: In a bid to provide pesticide-free food products to consumers and utilize more fallow land, the Kudumbashree Mission is embarking on a major project to provide interest-free loan to farmers, especially those interested in organic farming. The project, to be implemented with the support of the central government’s Mahila […]
Dates: 12th January to 15th January, 2014 –Workshop On Biodynamic Farming 16th to 18th January, 2014 –Workshop On Vegetable, Fodder and Dairy Management Note: The farm will also host the Biodynamic conference under the aegis of the Biodynamic Association of India from 9th January to 11th January, 2014. If participants wish to register for this […]